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TIL that in the 18th century, the anatomist Honoré Fragonard invented a technique to perfectly preserve flayed bodies and used it to make works of art out of genuine skinned human corpses.

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VM00p TIL of the "Tetris Effect" which occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and dreams.
l7RkA TIL that airplane emergency exit doors are impossible to open mid flight, because due to pressure, it would take 24,000 pounds of force to open the door.
4k8oN TIL about the hindu goddess Kamadhenu, mother of all cows and a deity who is considered a miraculous cow of plenty. She was depicted as a white cow with wings, a female head and boobs and tail of a peafowl.
5WG8 TIL a steer is a bull that has has been castrated and an ox is a mature steer.
1dRD TIL Festivus, the parody-secular holiday celebrated on December 23rd on the TV show Seinfeld, was an actual family tradition celebrated by one of the show’s writers, Dan O'Keefe, since the 1960’s.